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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 43
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Johanan carries Jeremiah and the remnant of Judah into Egypt—Jeremiah prophesies that Babylon shall conquer Egypt.
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And</span> it came to pass, <i>that</i> when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> their God, for which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> their God had sent him to them, <i>even</i> all these words,
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Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 40: 8.">Johanan</a> the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
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But <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 32: 12.">Baruch</a> the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
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So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 40: 13.">captains</a> of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to dwell in the land of Judah.
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But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
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<i>Even</i> men, and women, and children, and the king’s <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 41: 10.">daughters</a>, and every person that <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/43/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 25: 8 (8-20); Jer. 39: 10.">Nebuzar</a>-adan the captain of the guard had left with <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/43/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 25: 22 (22-26); Jer. 39: 14; Jer. 40: 5 (1-6).">Gedaliah</a> the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
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So they came into the land of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 44: 24.">Egypt</a>: for they obeyed not the voice of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: thus came they <i>even</i> to <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/43/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 2: 16; Jer. 46: 14.">Tahpanhes</a>.
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&#182; Then came the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
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Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which <i>is</i> at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
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And say unto them, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 21: 2 (2, 7); Jer. 25: 9.">Nebuchadrezzar</a> the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
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And when he cometh, he shall <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 44: 13; 2 Ne. 9: 33.">smite</a> the land of Egypt, <i>and deliver </i>such <i>as are</i> for death to death; and such <i>as are</i> for captivity to captivity; and such <i>as are</i> for the sword to the sword.
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And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/43/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 12: 12; Isa. 19: 1; Jer. 46: 25; Ezek. 30: 13.">gods</a> of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/43/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 48: 7.">captives</a>: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
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He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that <i>is</i> in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
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